The preservation of the environment is one of the issues that most attracts the attention for visitors and residents of Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.
Lately have been positive changes towards their maintenance, including the removal of alien species, limited number of people inside the islands, and the creation of important programs for the maintenance of this wonderful natural treasure that is provided with a number huge spectacular flora and fauna that make tourist fall in love as soon as the arrive to this paradise specially in cruises as Stella Maris.
However, it is worrying that the islands face a major threat to global biodiversity loss : invasive species. These species are the second leading cause of biodiversity loss on the planet and in the Galapagos have been the main cause of l extermination of entire populations of plants and animals.
Unsustainable use of natural resources, such as illegal fishing, especially lobsters , sharks and sea cucumbers to meet the demands of the Asian market, affecting the beautiful Ecuadorian islands. Similarly , human settlements exert great pressure on ecosystems . To this we must add the global climate change as responsible for the severity and occurrence of phenomena such as El Niño, which have a dramatic impact on the Archipelago and climate of the region in general.
Currently there project that aims to control selected in the Galapagos Islands introduced species as well as the sustainable development of local communities is developed.
Among the strategies developed for this purpose are creating a system that extracts selected introduced species on farms of farmers on private land, the construction of a small mobile plant to process plant materials; and the production and sale of a variety of organic products including handicrafts, essential oils, dyes, plant extracts, resins and herbs.
With the profits generated by these products organic crops are grown on farms providing farmers with a source of income, regrowth of problematic species is prevented; systems reforestation with native species increases; you educate communities about the problems faced by their environment, improving their ability to protect and conserve them. Also there are many programs to boost tourism fishing to catch fish and then return to their habitat.
In this regard several tourist companies as Galasam care about the ecosystem while respecting the environment. Thus when tourists visit the Galapagos Islands are aware of proper care and protection of natural species one of the most beautiful places are there in our planet and worth to know and love as the first sight.
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